Cover for golf bag



E. H. DAVIS Nov. 29, 1966 COVER FOR GOLF BAG 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Aug.5, 1964 INVENTOR. ELMER H DAVIS Nov. 29, 1966 E. H. DAVIS COVER FOR GOLFBAG 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Aug. 5, 1964 00,0000000000d00000d0b0000001?dlcv000000000000000v4`0V0.0. 000000000000000 0000000000 00000\0 00 000000000000 000000000 0000 000000000000 00 00 00000000000 0 0000000 0 0 0 00 0000 00000 0 000 00 0000 0 00 0000 0000 000,0 0000 00 00 00 0. 0000 0 0 0000000 0 0 0 0 0000 000n00u00000u00n0 ,d000 0304 00 00 0. 00000II000000; 00.00 00 00 00 100V 0 0000/009/ 00000000 00 l 00 A000 00 0 0V 000000 0 0000u000 l \0un0 FIC-3.5

INVENTOR. ELMER H, DAVIS 0.00000. C O 0 0 M 0 0 0 0000? 0 United StatesPatent O 3,288,189 CUVER FR GOLF BAG Elmer H. Davis, 5838 Alton Road,Miami Beach, Fla. Filed Aug. 5, 1964, Ser. No. 387,633 4 Claims. (Cl.15G-52) This invention relates in general to golf accessories and moreparticularly to a protective cover for a golf bag.

Conventional golf bags, even when equipped with a hood for covering theclubs, are subject to wet weather conditions and also the golf bagitself is subject to damage and deterioration during transport andstorage, as well as when in use.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of a one piececover formed to completely enclose a golf bag including the clubsprojecting therefrom with overlapping closure means retained by thecarrying strap of the golf bag.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a golf bag coverfabricated from weatherproof flexible sheet material and formed toencase the golf bag and the clubs therein with a weatherproof lappedclosure retained by the carrying strap of the golf bag.

These and other objects of the invention are shown and described in thefollowing specification and drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective illustration in reduced scale of the golf bagcover encasing a conventional golf bag.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the elements forming the golf bag cover.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the elements in the golf bag shown in FIG. 2secured in working position.

FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the shaped cover for encasing a golf bagbefore engagement with the carrying strap thereof.

FIG. 5 is a front elevation of the golf bag shown in FIG. 4 positionedfor engagement by the carrying strap of the golf bag.

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken through section line 6-6, FIG. 5.

Feferring to FIG. 2, a wear and weather resistant sheet material ofuniform thickness is cut from patterns forming three major elements, amain body element comprising two portions 1 and 2 which are adapted tobe folded generally along the dotted line a. The upper ends of portions1 and 2 terminate in like arcuate forms 3 3, respectively, and the lowerends of portions 1 and 2 terminate in like arcuate forms 4 4, havinglesser curvature extensions, as shown. Portion 1 of the first elementhas slots 5 and 6 pierced therein one above the other as shown, to behereinafter described. The second element is a flap 7 having anirregular arcuate outline as shown and a third element is in the form ofa rectangular flap 8 having slots 9 and 10 therein spaced and positionedto coincide with slots 5 and 6, when the portions 1 and 2 aresuperposed.

Referring to FIG. 3, the flaps 7 and 8 are secured to the outer edges ofportions 1 and 2, as shown, either by sewing, heat sealing or cementingdependent upon the type of sheet material used. It is to be noted thatelements 1, 2, 7 and S may be cut from a single sheet of sheet material;however, the waste in this integral assembly form would be greater thanthe assembly of individual elements, shown in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, the assembly shown in FIG. 3 is folded generallyaround the area of dotted line a and a lower seam 11 is sewn orotherwise sealed along the lower portion of the superposed edge of thelower side and the arcuate forms 4 4 forming a hollow partial bag typeenclosure. FIG. 5 shows the cover with flap 7 formed inward for coveringthe club heads normally projecting from the open end of a conventionalgolf bag. The flap Bldg "ice

8 or portion 2 is then superposed over portion 1 with the slots 5 and 9and 6 and 10 in coinciding position, through which pairs of slots thetwo ends 12 and 13 of a conventional carrying strap of a golf bag areprojected, permitting the carrying strap of the golf bag to be used inthe usual way.

It is understood that certain modifications in the construction,utilizing the features above described, are intended to come within thescope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A cover for a golf bag having a carrying strap cornprising a flexibleelongated casing formed from weather resistant sheet material ofsubstantially uniform thickness and Width,

the lower end of said casing terminating in a pair of integral matingarcuate projections,

the lower portion of said casing and the said projections forming ajunction joined together at the marginal edges thereof by a closuremeans,

said casing having a pair of vertically spaced slots in the margin of anupper portion of one longitudinal edge of said casing and an overlapextension of the adjacent opposite longitudinal edge having slotstherein coinciding with said first mentioned slots for the passagetherethrough of the said carrying strap,

the upper end of said casing terminating in a pair of mating arcuateextensions forming a junction secured together around marginal surfacesthereof by said closure means whereby said casing will enclose a golfbag therein when the said strap thereof is threaded through saidcoinciding slots.

2. The construction recited in claim 1 including an arcuate shaped ilapprojecting from one said longitudinal upper edge of said casing forcovering the upper open end of a golf bag under said upper projectionswhen said bag is retained in said casing when said casing is secured ina closed position by the said carrying strap positioned through saidslots.

3. A cover for a golf bag having a carrying strap comprising a flexibleelongated casing formed from weather resistant sheet material ofsubstantially uniform thickness and cross section,

a main casing member having substantially parallel side edges with apair of spaced slots in the marginal area of one of said edges,

said member terminating at the lower end thereof in a pair of loweradjacent mating arcuate projections,

said member terminating at the upper end thereof in a pair of upperadjacent mating arcuate projections,

a closure means joining the marginal edges of said upper and lowerprojections and a lower portion of said opposite parallel edges formingan elongated bag with closed upper and lower ends,

a first flap secured to a marginal portion of one of said edges of saidmember and having a pair of slots therein positioned to coincide withsaid rst mentioned slots when said ap overlaps the said marginal portionof said member for enclosing a golf bag therein when the said strapthereof is threaded through said coinciding slots.

4. The construction recited in claim 3 including an arcuate ilap securedby said closure means to the margin of one of said side edges of saidmember for positioning under said upper end and over the open end of agolf bag retained in said casing.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,718,251 9/1955Barbato 150-52 2,895,212 5/1961 Dozier 150-52 FRANKLIN T. GARRETT,Primary Examiner.

1. A COVER FOR A GOLF BAG HAVING A CARRYING STRAP COMPRISING A FLEXIBLEELONGATED CASING FORMED FROM WEATHER RESISTANT SHEET MATERIAL OFSUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS AND WIDTH, THE LOWER END OF SAID CASINGTERMINATING IN A PAIR OF INTEGRAL MATING ARCUATE PROJECTIONS, THE LOWERPORTION OF SAID CASING AND THE SAID PROJECTIONS FORMING A JUNCTIONJOINED TOGETHER AT THE MARGINAL EDGES THEREOF BY A CLOSURE MEANS, SAIDCASING HAVING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED SLOTS IN THE MARGIN OF ANUPPER PORTION OF ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID CASING AND AN OVERLAPEXTENSION OF THE ADJACENT OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGE HAVING SLOTSTHEREIN COINCIDING WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED SLOTS FOR THE PASSAGETHERETHROUGH OF THE SAID CARRYING STRAP, THE UPPER END OF SAID CASINGTERMINATING IN A PAIR OF MATING ARCUATE EXTENSIONS FORMING A JUNCTIONSECURED TOGETHER AROUND MARGINAL SURFACES THEREOF BY SAID CLOSURE MEANSWHEREBY SAID CASING WILL ENCLOSE A GOLF BAG THEREIN WHEN THE SAID STRAPTHEREOF IS THREADED THROUGH SAID COINCIDING SLOTS.